Global Patent Index - EP 3597117 B1

EP 3597117 B1 20240515 - SURGICAL STAPLING END EFFECTOR COMPONENT WITH TIP HAVING VARYING BEND ANGLE

Title (en)

SURGICAL STAPLING END EFFECTOR COMPONENT WITH TIP HAVING VARYING BEND ANGLE

Title (de)

ENDEFFEKTORKOMPONENTE FÜR CHIRURGISCHES KLAMMERGERÄT MIT SPITZE MIT VARIIERENDEM BIEGEWINKEL

Title (fr)

COMPOSANT D'EFFECTEUR D'EXTRÉMITÉ D'AGRAFAGE CHIRURGICAL AYANT UNE POINTE À ANGLE DE PLIAGE VARIABLE

Publication

EP 3597117 B1 20240515 (EN)

Application

EP 19186224 A 20190715

Priority

US 201816035856 A 20180716

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3597117A1] A surgical instrument, operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue, includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector with a pair of jaws. A placement tip that is bent, angled, or curved and extends distally from one of the jaws of the end effector. The placement tip is elastically deformable when the placement tip is subject to a clamping force, such as when the end effector is closed with the jaws in contact or when tissue is clamped between the jaws of the end effector. When the placement tip deflects, relative angles defined in part by the placement tip vary compared to an initial state without the clamping force. Furthermore, a distal end of the placement tip may change position based on the state of deflection of the placement tip in response to the clamping force.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 17/072 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3597117 A1 20200122; EP 3597117 B1 20240515; BR 112021000557 A2 20210406; CN 112672699 A 20210416; JP 2021530304 A 20211111; JP 7494162 B2 20240603; WO 2020016721 A1 20200123

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 19186224 A 20190715; BR 112021000557 A 20190712; CN 201980059137 A 20190712; IB 2019055980 W 20190712; JP 2021502529 A 20190712